Held up as one of the defining horror movies of the Seventies and based on a story by Daphne du Maurier, DON’T LOOK NOW combined a stunning Venice location with the sinister story of a couple trying to get over the death of their daughter whilst plagued by echoes from beyond the grave.
Featuring a climax that’ll put you off anyone owning a red raincoat, the film was directed by visionary Nicolas Roeg and starred Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie. Sutherland and Christie shot a love scene so striking in its intimacy that viewers questioned whether it was real or not. You’d have to have balls of steel (or at least Venetian marble) to mount a remake of this influential work, but producers Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman believe they can do it. Teaming with StudioCanal, they are currently shopping the idea round the major studios.
There’s certainly the scope to do a variation on it, as Roeg made the story very much his own. However, as with the case of something like Stanley Kubrick and THE SHINING, is there a point when such a distinctive interpretation of the material exists? The fact Rona and Heineman are only going to bring in a screenwriter once studio backing is secured suggests the script will be worked out somewhere down the line.
Source: THR
